TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec 17, 2015) - BMO Asset Management Inc. ("BMO AM") today announced the 2015 annual reinvested distributions for BMO Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)*. These annual reinvested distributions generally represent realized capital gains within the ETFs or special dividends received by the ETFs.
Unitholders of record at close of business on December 30, 2015 will receive the 2015 reinvested distributions. The actual taxable amounts, including the tax characteristics, will be reported in early 2016.
Please note that the cash distributions will be reported separately and may be applicable for some ETFs making annual reinvested distributions.
Details of the per unit reinvested distribution amounts are as follows:
| BMO ETF |
| Estimated |
| BMO Short Federal Bond Index ETF | ZFS | 0.00 |
| BMO Mid Federal Bond Index ETF | ZFM | 0.00 |
| BMO Long Federal Bond Index ETF | ZFL | 0.00 |
| BMO Short Provincial Bond Index ETF | ZPS | 0.00 |
| BMO Mid Provincial Bond Index ETF | ZMP | 0.00 |
| BMO Long Provincial Bond Index ETF | ZPL | 0.00 |
| BMO Short Corporate Bond Index ETF | ZCS | 0.00 |
| BMO Mid Corporate Bond Index ETF | ZCM | 0.08 |
| BMO Long Corporate Bond Index ETF | ZLC | 0.00 |
| BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF | ZAG | 0.00 |
| BMO Discount Bond Index ETF | ZDB | 0.04 |
| BMO Real Return Bond Index ETF | ZRR | 0.03 |
| BMO Floating Rate High Yield ETF | ZFH | 0.00 |
| BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF | ZHY | 0.00 |
| BMO Emerging Markets Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF | ZEF | 0.00 |
| BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Index ETF | ZIC | 0.42 |
| BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units) | ZIC.U | 0.36 |
| BMO Short-Term US IG Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF | ZSU | 0.00 |
| BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF | ZMU | 0.00 |
| BMO Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF | ZST | 0.00 |
| BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Banks Index ETF | ZEB | 0.36 |
| BMO Equal Weight Utilities Index ETF | ZUT | 0.00 |
| BMO Equal Weight REITs Index ETF | ZRE | 0.00 |
| BMO Monthly Income ETF | ZMI | 0.00 |
| BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF | ZWB | 0.13 |
| BMO Covered Call Utilities ETF | ZWU | 0.00 |
| BMO Covered Call Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD ETF | ZWA | 0.00 |
| BMO US High Dividend Covered Call ETF | ZWH | 0.00 |
| BMO US High Dividend Covered Call ETF (U.S. Dollar Units) | ZWH.U | 0.23 |
| BMO Canadian Dividend ETF | ZDV | 0.07 |
| BMO Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF | ZPR | 0.00 |
| BMO US Dividend Hedged to CAD ETF | ZUD | 0.00 |
| BMO US Dividend ETF | ZDY | 0.98 |
| BMO US Dividend ETF (U.S. Dollar Units) | ZDY.U | 0.96 |
| BMO International Dividend ETF | ZDI | 0.04 |
| BMO US Put Write ETF | ZPW | 0.00 |
| BMO US Put Write ETF (US Dollar Units) | ZPW.U | 0.00 |
| BMO International Dividend Hedged to CAD ETF | ZDH | 0.00 |
| BMO Europe High Dividend Covered Call Hedged to CAD ETF | ZWE | 0.26 |
| BMO S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF | ZCN | 0.00 |
| BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF | ZUE | 0.00 |
| BMO Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD Index ETF | ZDJ | 0.04 |
| BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Oil & Gas Index ETF | ZEO | 0.00 |
| BMO MSCI EAFE Hedged to CAD Index ETF | ZDM | 0.53 |
| BMO MSCI EAFE Index ETF | ZEA | 0.35 |
| BMO MSCI Europe High Quality Hedged to CAD Index ETF | ZEQ | 0.00 |
| BMO Global Infrastructure Index ETF | ZGI | 1.05 |
| BMO Equal Weight U.S. Banks Hedged to CAD Index ETF | ZUB | 0.00 |
| BMO Equal Weight U.S. Banks Index ETF | ZBK | 0.12 |
| BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF | ZLB | 0.82 |
| BMO S&P 500 Index ETF | ZSP | 0.19 |
| BMO S&P 500 Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units) | ZSP.U | 0.09 |
| BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Industrials Index ETF | ZIN | 0.00 |
| BMO Low Volatility US Equity ETF | ZLU | 0.32 |
| BMO Low Volatility US Equity ETF (U.S. Dollar Units) | ZLU.U | 0.23 |
| BMO Equity Linked Corporate Bond ETF | ZEL | 0.08 |
| BMO MSCI USA High Quality Index ETF | ZUQ | 0.39 |
| BMO MSCI All Country World High Quality Index ETF | ZGQ | 0.39 |
| BMO Low Volatility International Equity ETF | ZLI | 0.00 |
| BMO Junior Gold Index ETF | ZJG | 0.00 |
| BMO Junior Oil Index ETF | ZJO | 0.00 |
| BMO Junior Gas Index ETF | ZJN | 0.00 |
| BMO MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF | ZEM | 0.00 |
| BMO China Equity Index ETF | ZCH | 1.44 |
| BMO India Equity Index ETF | ZID | 0.10 |
| BMO NASDAQ 100 Equity Hedged to CAD Index ETF | ZQQ | 0.00 |
| BMO Equal Weight U.S. Health Care Hedged to CAD Index ETF | ZUH | 0.13 |
| BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Global Base Metals Hedged to CAD Index ETF | ZMT | 0.00 |
| BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Global Gold Index ETF | ZGD | 0.00 |
*BMO ETFs are administered and managed by BMO Asset Management Inc., an investment fund manager and portfolio manager and a separate legal entity from Bank of Montreal.